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I love actors and I understand what has to happen within a scene. Any scene is an acting scene and actors never act alone, so there has to be an interchange. If it's a dialog scene, if it's a love scene, it doesn't matter because you need to establish a situation.Send Quote
If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire a gun in act three, scene two, you must see the gun on the wall in act one, scene one.Send Quote
The acting background helped a lot when I started writing. I was training for it. In acting class they teach you about the stakes in a scene (and) what motivates characters. When you bring a scene to class - as an actor with your scene partner - you have to do everything. There's no producer, set decorator or anything like that. You and you partner have to do everything and that's kind of like facing the blank page as a writer.Send Quote
Film and television are very different. On the TV show, we do seven or eight scenes a day, so time and money are of the essence, and we have zero room for creativity because you've got to do each scene in only five takes. Whereas, on a film, you have an entire day to film one scene, so you have so much time to choose how you want to fill in a scene.Send Quote
A distinguished man should be as particular about his last words as he is about his last breath. He should write them out on a slip of paper and take the judgment of his friends on them. He should never leave such a thing to the last hour of his life, and trust to an intellectual spurt at the last moment to enable him to say something smart with his latest gasp and launch into eternity with grandeur.Send Quote
Women had to work like slaves in the art world, but a lot of men got to the top through their charm. And it hurt them. To be young and pretty didn't help a woman in the art world, because the social scene, and the buying scene, was in the hands of women "" women who had money. They wanted male artists who would come alone and be their charming guests. Rothko could be very charming. It was a court. And the artist buffoons came to the court to entertain, to charm. Now it has changed, now the younger men are in "" older women and younger men.Send Quote
When people embrace character, there's latzie. It's the stuffing of a scene that's not written. It's not in the stage direction and it's not in the words. When people embrace character, it informs their living, breathing moments in a scene so well.Send Quote
Even one word, or certainly one sentence, should be able to describe the basic characteristic that the scene has, or the character has, or the story has. And then you begin to detail that one spine, and you have offshoots from that spine, and it becomes more and more complex, but all of it stems from that one-word, one-line theme, which can give the character, the scene, or the play its uniqueness.Send Quote
Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half as cute as a whole kitten; it is a bloody, godawful mess. A half-good sex scene is not half as hot; it actually moves into the negative numbers, draining any heat from the surrounding material.Send Quote
There is a scene in the movie where Astrid and Hiccup fly on Toothless's back toward the island of Berk. The animation is intensely real, from the waves on the sea to wisps of wind blowing in the characters' hair. The feeling I get watching that scene is why I fly - just for that feeling.Send Quote
Without going into too much detail, the end of my major action scene, after the climax of the scene, there was one little change that I suggested regarding the way things should turn out. It was in the detail of the tears of blood.Send Quote
My next book is Scene by Scene: as Seen by Fay Wray. It'll be about different incidents. Just my feelings about quite a few people. Attitudes. My thoughts about the universe and simple things like that.Send Quote
Even on the old show, we would maybe not all be in the scene. Sometimes there would be a penthouse scene and everyone would get together. But, even in that context, it would be because somebody was missing.Send Quote
One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to say things you want the audience to know - as, for example, if he is defending himself against somebody's attack, his words of defense seem Justified even though his words are actually expository words. Something appears to be happening, so the audience believes it is witnessing a scene (which it is), not listening to expository speeches. Humor is another way of getting exposition across.Send Quote
It's easier to do an action scene than a love scene. I love fighting. When the camera's not rolling, I'll usually punch some of the actors, just for fun.Send Quote
There's this scene in "The Night of the Hunter" when the kids are downstairs, and you have the feeling that they're both in a room and at the same time it looks remote. And you wonder, How can you give the effect of both "inside" and "outside" at the same time. And you realize, by watching it many times, that around the scene there's this black edging.Send Quote
One of the things I tried to do is to kind of talk my actors through the scene, but at the same time let them know how I plan to shoot the film and just give them an insight into the way I'm thinking, so that when they're acting out their scene, they can kind of see it in their minds' eyes.Send Quote
You think you photograph a particular scene for the pleasure it gives. In fact it's the scene that wants to be photographed. You're merely an extra in the production.Send Quote
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Looking Back at "That 70's Fashion Show"
It's exactly one month past the fashion show I've been envisioning the past five months – That 70's (FASHION) Show inspired by Gucci S/S 2016.
Garden Party Style Guide
One of the best parties of the year in Wilmington, North Carolina is the oh-so-fabulous Garden Party.
The warmth of the fireplace. The richness of honey-hued, antique pine wood mixed with soothing sky blue.
Love Affair With Denim
Over a cold beer at Satellite, I sat down with a few of our coast's style-setters most devoted to denim to find out when their love affair with the fabric began—and which jeans rock thei
Chic at the Beach
One of my weaknesses when it comes to style is putting together a cute outfit for a day at the beach.
Whisper of the Sea
Surrounded…in the silence of sand, feel the rythmic whisper of the sea.
The movement of the falling wave, the breeze at your back, and salt kiss on your skin.
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Can't you just hear Miranda Priestly's (The Devil Wears Prada) sarcastic deadpan — "Florals? for Spring?…Groundbreaking."
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Monday, November 16th, 2009   7:31 am | Author: freethinker | Health/Medical, Politics/Government, Services/Products |
Tags: drug prices, health care reform, McCain, Merck
Last month the NYT ran a story about insurance companies raising premiums to ridiculous levels in anticipation of health care reform.
Now the second shoe drops. In another story today in the NYT reports that the drug companies are also raising rates on medications before any legislation is enacted.
Just another blaring indicator why health care reform is required immediately. These companies are just out to screw Americans as quickly as possible and boost their bottom lines.
The Times notes "Even as drug makers promise to support Washington's health care overhaul by shaving $8 billion a year off the nation's drug costs after the legislation takes effect, the industry has been raising its prices at the fastest rate in years."
"In the last year, the industry has raised the wholesale prices of brand-name prescription drugs by about 9 percent, according to industry analysts. That will add more than $10 billion to the nation's drug bill, which is on track to exceed $300 billion this year. By at least one analysis, it is the highest annual rate of inflation for drug prices since 1992."
The joke of the day comes from Ron Rogers a spokesman for Merck "Price adjustments for our products have no connection to health care reform".
Stephen W. Schondelmeyer, a professor of pharmaceutical economics at the University of Minnesota stated that "This year's increases mean the average annual cost for a brand-name prescription drug that is taken daily would be more than $2,000 — $200 higher than last year".
Then you have clowns like John McCain speaking at a town hall meeting this weekend declaring that he will fight health care reform "with every fiber in his body".


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By Sarah Lockie
Before Euan was born, I had a vague idea that feeding tubes existed – I think I'd seen one in an article in Woman's Day about a sick kid, and another in an anti-smoking ad – but it's not something you envisage your own child needing. It's not a part of the day-dreamy anticipation of what life with your baby will look like.
But not much about being the mum of an extremely prem baby is.
Euan was born at 27 weeks on the dot, by emergency C-section due to sudden and severe pre-eclampsia. I saw him for a few seconds after delivery, long enough to see he was a boy, before they popped him on an admission bed, stabilised him, and took him off to the neonatal intensive care unit. I know they took me to see him that night, but I don't remember it. I was sick, pumped full of a cocktail of drugs, and psychologically numb.
At some point in the hours that followed his delivery, a midwife came into my room and announced, "When you're ready let me know, and we'll start hand expressing". She was brisk and distant, and answered my confused questions with "lactation is induced by removal of the placental hormones, you can lactate". I didn't like her, but I'm forever grateful she presented it as a fait accompli – I needed someone else to be making the decisions at that point. And so we started, first into 1ml syringes, then little pill cups, then I moved onto a pump. Each expression collected and numbered so it could be slowly, painstakingly delivered in the same order it had been expressed, down a tube to the stomach of my tiny, tiny baby in intensive care.
I went home and pumped, and cried, and he stayed in NICU. There are rules about how to establish and maintain supply for exclusive pumping – every three hours during the day, every four hours overnight with at least one pumping session between 1am and 3am when prolactin levels are highest. I followed the rules slavishly, and over the next eight weeks or so my supply stabilised at about 700ml per day. Enough for my tiny, tiny baby who was born weighing 720g – and then some. Euan was never fed anything but expressed breast milk down his nasogastric tube. They added a fortifier to add calories, but the base was always breast milk.
Euan had a number of acute challenges in his first few months, but the major ongoing issues were his lungs. He needed extra oxygen and extra pressure, and removal of either for even a minute was dangerous.
While he battled his severe chronic lung disease, I learned about how developmentally babies (or in most cases, foetuses) get to the point of being able to breast feed at around 40 weeks gestation. At 34 weeks babies learn to co-ordinate suck, swallow, and breath. Before that point, any kind of suck feeding is dangerous in case they aspirate the milk into their tiny lungs, so all babies born before 34 weeks need to be fed via tube. Around their term date, babies have a critical period for developing the sucking response. If they are not exposed to a nipple in that time they do not learn to suck. Optimally, oral feeding needs to be established in the 36-42 week window.
Our problem was that Euan still needed quite a lot of positive pressure to breathe during this six week window, so he was still being exclusively tube fed. The doctors were worried that the increased pressure from his breathing machine would result in milk being blown into his lungs, which can result in aspiration pneumonia. Not a great outcome for a baby already struggling to breathe, and not surprisingly the doctors were reluctant for us to try. Lots of 'niceties' of parenthood go out the window in deference to survival in the NICU, and it looked likely that breastfeeding my son would be one of them.
But trying to breastfeed was important to me, so I pushed and pushed, and the doctors agreed to let me try on an empty breast. The first attempt was just before Christmas when Euan was about 37 weeks gestation, and lasted only a few minutes. It was clear Euan wasn't up to the task, he became distressed and couldn't maintain his blood oxygen levels. Subsequent sessions went better; he could latch for a minute or two and I hoped that with luck we might eventually get somewhere.
Over the next few months we persevered with both breast and bottle feeding but he never had the strength to take full feeds, and as they weaned his oxygen and pressure support down he did worse and worse. The extra effort of breathing without pressure support wore him out to the point where suck feeds were too hard. He also had severe reflux and vomiting, so he often needed to be fed more than once as he would vomit the first feed, and he really didn't have the strength to do it twice.
He came home after 169 days – almost six months – in hospital. He was on oxygen, needing constant blood oxygen monitoring and still with a nasogastric tube. I learned to measure, insert and tape the tube.
Putting a nasogastric tube into your own screaming child is shit. Everyone is crying – but you cope because there aren't any other options.
Not long after coming home, Euan developed a hyperactive gag reflex. Every time he sucked he gagged, so we had to abandon all suck feeds. The gag protects the airways, and in a baby with vulnerable airways it can actually be seen as an adaptive response, but it clearly works against oral feeding. Our goal became to 'keep the oral feeding window open' by spoon-feeding millilitre amounts of breast milk before each tube feed to reinforce the idea that flavour = satiety. He vomited nearly every tube feed, often the whole or nearly the whole amount, meaning a re-feed. The process could take 90 minutes all up, six times a day.
At one point I told our wonderful maternal and child health nurse, "sometimes when I've finished pumping I feel like I should just dump the milk over my head, it'd be quicker and easier than tube feeding it and then having it vomited on me".
Yes, through all of this I was still pumping enough to feed him exclusively on breast milk. Mad, I know. Breast milk has around 21 calories per fluid ounce, as does normal strength formula (I don't know why we use the US measurements in Australia, but we do). Because of Euan's extra energy requirements he needed more calories per ounce to thrive. So on dietetics advice, we added formula powder to the expressed breast milk to make sure his energy needs were met. He always skirted the bottom of the growth charts, which makes doctors nervous.
As the months wore on his gag subsided again, and one day I noticed him sucking pear puree off his fingers while we were doing messy food play. Babies with an oral aversion or reduced oral stimulation are at risk of developing generalised sensory issues which can lead to aversions to specific food textures later on. One way to combat this is through messy food play, which is exactly what it sounds like – squishing bananas, smushing purees, smearing yoghurt. But omg, HE WAS SUCKING!
We reintroduced a bottle before each tube feed. His oxygen requirements had also come down and his breathing was markedly improved. All signs pointed to him being ready to take oral feeds. But he would only take a little from the bottle and then refuse, and we would tube feed the rest. He had become tube dependent.
Tube dependency occurs when there's a disassociation between the feeling of hunger and knowing that eating can fix it. It's often coupled with trauma around oral stimulation – common in NICU babies. It leads to babies or children refusing to eat even in the face of extreme hunger, so caregivers resort to tube feeds to sustain life, but this also sustains the dependency on the tube.
There are various methods to transition children from tube to oral feeding, but best practice involves a multidisciplinary team of paediatricians, psychologists, gastroenterologists, and speech pathologists working together to monitor readiness of both parents and child to transition from tube feeding. There is only one facility in Australia that does this as a dedicated inpatient service, a private clinic in Adelaide. We're in Melbourne, and getting support was a massive point of frustration for us, as we repeatedly ran up against outdated thinking and under-resourced facilities in our attempts to remove Euan's tube.
Tubes go in as life saving measures, but no one is interested in helping you take them out again when they're no longer needed.
A home based tube wean is extremely stressful, for both parents and kids, as it involves deliberately starving your child until they start eating. The first two attempts, Euan's will was stronger than our nerve, and we went back to tube feeding. Evidence suggests that the more times you bail out on a wean, the harder the next attempt becomes, because the child learns all it has to do is keep refusing to eat and things will go back to "normal". Thankfully, we managed on our third attempt at home to establish oral feeding and avoided the trip to Adelaide. I say we, but I think what really happened is that Euan decided he was ready. He will not be pushed, that kid.
After 13 months of tube feeding he was taking bottles. Of formula . I stopped pumping at the same time his tube came out, after 13 months. My goal for providing him with breast milk had been the 1st of December – the official end of winter virus season. We had been told that if he caught a respiratory infection in his first winter he would be back in intensive care as his lungs wouldn't be able to cope. My goal was to protect him through the dangerous part of the year with breast milk, and I did it, but boy was I done with pumping by then.
He didn't get sick through the winter season, but we also put the strict NICU protocols in place around who could come into our home, and under what circumstances. Sanitizing hands at the door. No small children, which meant he didn't meet his cousins until his first birthday. It was hard at the time, but now they are thick as thieves. No public places, we just didn't leave the house – which when you've got to take an oxygen cylinder and an oximeter with you, as well as all the normal baby stuff, is not that big a sacrifice. I remember the first time I took him to Coles in the baby carrier, he must have been at least one, it felt so momentous. Of course the exception to this was the hospital, we were there weekly for about the first six months after he came home, seeing his various specialists. It's hard to get the balance right between being appropriately wary of infection, and a nut job. When the door of the lift you've been waiting for opens and someone is coughing, do you refuse to get in? Yes, and then feel bad about the possibility you've made someone else feel uncomfortable. We made sure everyone who visited was vaccinated and well, and hadn't recently been in contact with sick people. Thankfully, everyone in our circle was very understanding and conscientious of our situation.
So it might not have been the breast milk that kept him well, but he's two and half now, with no hospital readmissions – which is actually kind of a big deal. The breast milk can't have hurt, at least.
In the first few days of our final tube wean, when they whole thing felt falteringly, fragilely precarious, I came across this photo essay: https://themighty.com/2015/10/powerful-photos-of-babies-being-tube-fed/ and I realised we had no photos of Euan receiving a tube feed. None. The article was posted by our wonderful speech pathologist and feeding therapist under the heading "Tube feeds are feeds too!" Perhaps it was the perspective of almost being free of the damn thing that gave me the space to view it differently, and I was sad we hadn't documented it at all. Of course, the reality is that tube feeding while trying to maintain oral stimulation is time-consuming, difficult, messy, emotionally draining, and occurs in the context of caring for a chronically ill child. No one has time to take photos. The photo essay itself only contains a few images of tube feeds, most are of adorable kids with feeding tubes – and we have plenty of those. Euan was, and still is, a joyous, engaged and charming kid.
One of my major frustrations with the natural birth lot is the assumption that having a 'natural' birth and easy breast feeding journey is a kind of moral victory. That green smoothies and yoga somehow protect you against adverse outcomes when it's all just luck. I got unlucky with the pre-eclampsia, but I got lucky with my ability to maintain a breast milk supply for 13 months through exclusive pumping. Many mums can't, and it can make the NICU journey that much harder to have your body 'fail' you twice.
It was such a long road, but Euan is now a happy, healthy two-and-a-half year old who loves guitars, cats and making friends with strangers. Eating is still an issue, but we're getting there.
Sarah a neuroscience researcher, mum to Euan, two-and-a-half, and "Ichabod", 38.5 weeks in utero. (The working title is a long, and not very funny family joke.) She lives in Melbourne with Euan's dad, Alex, and spends her spare time (ha!) mountain biking and exploring the outdoors.
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The violence in Syria is "unprecedented" says the UN Monitor Chief. In reality, all crimes against humanity have precedents, but when the world refuses to learn or remember, they get repeated. Responsibility to Protect was a nice legal fiction. Now the very people who put it together are busy debunking it, perhaps that's the real mandate of the Annan Mission in Syria.
Thursday July 05, 2012
Today's Death toll: 73. The Breakdown: 24 in Damascus (23 in Suburbs, 1 in City), 16 in Idlib, 11 in Aleppo, 8 in Homs, 5 in Hama, 3 in Lattakia, 2 in Deir Ezzor, 1 in Suweida.
Report: Top Syrian officer, a close friend of Assad, defects and flees to Turkey Manaf Tlass, son of former Syrian Defense Minister Mustafa Tlass, fled Syria two days ago. Manaf Tlass And His French Far Right, Voltaire Network, Pro-Assad Friends
Op-Eds & Special Reports
Perhaps Syrian funds come under UAE scanner exactly to cover the scandal of Swiss Freeze Arms Exports To U.A.E. After Syria Grenade Picture. Be that as it may, it will be useful to see the UAE freezing Assad funds.
Video Highlights
Pro-Assad militias perpetrated a new massacre against civilians in the town of Al-Teh, Idlib Province http://youtu.be/vtNPUN3-0ic , http://youtu.be/X0YyfApzdP4
The pounding of the town of Al-Qusayr, Homs Province, continues http://youtu.be/OOEjrDiceFc Leaked video shows the tanks and pro-Assad militias laying siege to Qusayr http://youtu.be/ZcSZFoFmxnw In nearby Rastan, local find unidentifiable badly decomposed bodies http://youtu.be/HOckVSs9jVg , http://youtu.be/7FdvX00Cdfs , http://youtu.be/X6OyZdVUaeA
The pounding of the old neighborhoods in Homs City continues as well http://youtu.be/FQnmT-o9kt0 , http://youtu.be/OqJhUa305lM , http://youtu.be/JvAFtsKUHXg , http://youtu.be/l5KZChxqB7A , http://youtu.be/i07YE_IAB7A More buildings collapse http://youtu.be/PjJ_8rWKBlk Pro-Assad militias seem intent on leveling that part of the city so that the 500,000 inhabitants who have been driven off will have no places to come back to, and with this, the ethnic cleansing of Homs City will have been completed. Helicopter gunships were reported to have taken part in the pounding as well http://youtu.be/q0XAOBcZuv4
The pounding of the Damascene suburb of Daraya leaves scores of wounded http://youtu.be/3QClWxzaAi0 , http://youtu.be/FVsoQtM5qyo
In Naher Eisheh Neighborhood in Damascus City, a local activist is killed by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/7FEqd9_QqKg
The pounding of Khan Shaikhoon, Idlib Province, with helicopter gunships continues http://youtu.be/X5SH7D7jiBY Rescuing the wounded http://youtu.be/HChZEQ0DJPI , http://youtu.be/87sZYmSpmdE
The pounding of Daraa City continues http://youtu.be/7pc2lskHkYU , http://youtu.be/2ndqI72GuKQ In the nearby city of Tafas, pro-Assad militias set the crops on fire http://youtu.be/oXbOCLK6TO4
In the Druze-majority town of Al-Suweida, protesters are attacked by pro-Assad militias http://youtu.be/ha0XQ0yluW8
In Dear Ezzor Province, pro-Assad militias pound the town of Al-Shaheel http://youtu.be/Roclj5aMRUI , http://youtu.be/aELc2CngxMI
In Hama Province, the pounding of Ellatamneh continues http://youtu.be/dhSGFMZSqT8


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I have finally added my second painting. This one was painted as a gift to one of my sisters, Kershanda. It is one of a series of four squares that will fit together to form one large square.
Again, as the last, I have painted this one almost a year ago and have now finally added it. I love how deep the colors are and can't wait to finish the next one (I started a couple steps already).
Leave a comment and tell me what you think.
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News > African rain stops British barbecues
As chestnuts roasting on a open fire are the harbingers of winter, so the smell of burning sausages have long heralded the arrival of the great British summer. This year however severe floods in Namibia means barbecuing Brits could be looking at a severe charcoal shortage.
Yesterday the biggest instant barbecue company in Britain said that it faced a shortage in charcoal after floods in the African country wiped out much of the supply. Bar-Be-Quick, which imports 200,000 tonnes of charcoal every year, said the extreme weather in Namibia had really affected the country's ability to make and store charcoal. As a result, sales manager Caroline Hoare told the Telegraph, "not only has the adverse weather made it difficult to keep the charcoal dry, it has also washed away roads used to transport it to packing and distribution plants."
That floods in one part of the world could stop a barbecue in another could be quite comical, were Britain not so overwhelming dependent on Namibia for charcoal – half of all the £100 million worth we buy each year, to be precise. If August is a washout then we might just have enough to see us though (although Hoare said it was "inevitable" that prices would go up). If, however, there is a prolonged spell of good weather this summer then "supplies will be scarce, if not close to redundant" – and that would dampen everyone's spirits.
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Sail away, sail away,
To the better days,
Where the skies are blue
And the weather's cool,
Sail away, sail away,
'Til dawn, 'til mornin',
And sing and dance
In a celebration for joy,
Let's set sail
And ride away,
Move with the winds
And call with the gulls,
Because they'll never stop us!
Have no direction
But to where your dreams are,
And let's set sail,
For the next day has arrived,
Celebrate the joy!
Let's rock on the boat,
Singing ballads of legends,
No sorrows to drown
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Riding on the waves 'til home!
We have dreams to fulfill
And goals to reach,
And we'll never stop sailing,
'Til we sail to the end of our lives,
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Sail away, sail away,
To the better days,
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7:22 pm
I'm blaming my brain for not being able to post anything. Well, that, and my traitorous body for falling asleep as soon as it went past 10 pm for the last two days.... and again my brain for making me read until THREE. A. M. IN. THE. MORN. ING! I mean seriously, what the hell, first you complain about a lack of sleep and then you purposefully let me stay up until 3 am in the morning only to wake up four hours later. REALLY?
As for the theme, well, I'll explain: because I am a younger sister with an seven years older brother, I was exposed to 'boys' series when I was younger, and I decided to look up one of the series again just for old times sake, y'know? I DISCOVERED THAT THE BROTHER OF THE MAIN CHARACTER DIED!! I liked that guy because he was a protective brother, and one of the few things where I turn into a fangirl/girl/obsessed-idiot/crying-lunatic/emotional-wreck is when a protective brother is involved. Seriously, my personality makes a 180 degree turn and makes me into a squealing, clapping, gushing, excited, annoying girly girl. It's annoying.
Anyway, because the series I looked uo is all about the sea and everything, I made my poem/song after that. It's sort of like a salute to my old childhood days before the world turned into what it is to me now, and where everyone was kind and everything was okay and where nobody was upset for long. Ah, sweet, addictive memories.
I'll probably post another poem dedicated to protective brothers and/or dying o0r something along those lines BECAUSE I HAVE TO! That death and that reaction was so intense that it made even me cry. ME. And even if it weren't like that, I would still do it because I'm 3 days behind......
This is feeling like a damn long month. Can I keel over from exhaustion yet?
(Brain: NO! I made you sleep for the last two days, and you're still tired?! Write those damn poems, you *****! What? No, I have not been hanging around the Rudeness and Swearword Department for too much time! Shut up Felicity, or I shall hurt you! Now write those three poems! No, wait--I don't care if you're tired, write those poems! SIT THE FUCK DOWN AND--Why are Calamity and Ease here? What? No, we're not going to rest, right Felicity? Felicity? THAT MOTHER******! SHE FELL ASLEEP! HOW DARE SHE--
Lord Brain has been detained, therefore making Leader Felicity unable to pursue her conversation with the generous people of Thoughts Inc. Momentarily, all Departments are in uproar and can currently not correctly function. Please forgive Felicity if she is unable to post anymore poetry until tomorrow.
Felicity's Emergency Service is sincerely apologizing on behalf of the Apologies Department (which is currently being mauled by the weak forces of Grudge and Ruthlessness from the Instinct Department) for any inconvenience, but we also greatly thank you for reading this poem on behalf of the Gratitude Department (also being mauled by Grudge, along with the whole of the Rudeness and Swearword Department).
Have a good day!)
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Demolition Man (1993)
48 mistakes
Directed by: Marco Brambilla
Starring: Benjamin Bratt, Nigel Hawthorne, Sandra Bullock, Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes
Continuity mistake: When Spartan and Huxley arrive at the cryogenics place to battle Phoenix and what remains of his gang, Phoenix sees them on the monitor walking into the building and you see Spartan on the left and Huxley on the right. The camera angle changes to an inside view and Spartan is now on the right. (01:38:35)
Continuity mistake: When Spartan and Phoenix are fighting in the sewers, Edgar Friendly shoots his gun at Phoenix and you see the catwalk that Phoenix was on tip to its side and Phoenix dropping down to the ground with the plank of the catwalk right below him. When Phoenix lands on the ground the plank is nowhere to be seen. It should have been right below him. (01:19:25 - 01:30:30)MCKD
Continuity mistake: When Simon Phoenix gets out of the sewer system (after gunning it out with the rebels and John Spartan) his left eye has the brown contact and his right eye has the blue one after going the entire movie with those contacts in the opposite eyes. (01:30:25)
Continuity mistake: When Spartan slams the Cryogenic pill on the ground he is about 3 feet in front of Phoenix, but when you see him jump up to grab the claw, he is seen much farther away. (01:47:30)MCKD
Continuity mistake: When Spartan drives the car through the glass window, you see glass everywhere. The camera angle changes to a wide shot and you see the car driving away but no glass on the ground. (01:31:05)MCKD
Factual error: The display on John Spartan's cryogenic reads, "August 3, 2032," which will fall on a Tuesday. Later that same day, Huxley says to Warden Smithers, "It's a beautiful Monday morning" (00:11:30 - 00:12:15)
Continuity mistake: When Spartan switches seats with Huxley in the police car, the outside shot shows him get into the back seat. When the shot switches to Huxley in the driver's seat, we can see the back and Spartan isn't seen anywhere in the car. (00:42:40)
Continuity mistake: After Spartan goes through the glass SAPD sign, the car flips over on its roof. But when they show the car up close its now right side up. (01:34:35)bytemyshineymetalass
Continuity mistake: When Spartan is frozen, his mouth is open, but when you see him in the block of ice his mouth is closed. (00:10:15)MCKD
Continuity mistake: When Spartan is hunting for Phoenix at the Cryogenics lab, the 2 scratches on his face appear and disappear throughout the scene.MCKD
Visible crew/equipment: When Phoenix falls through the glass at the museum into the LA exhibit, you can see him sliding down a safety rope. His feet are even in the position to be sliding down the rope. (00:49:15)
Continuity mistake: When John Spartan is frozen in the cryochamber, at the beginning of the movie, if you watch during the credits - while the time is going by the small circular monitor that is on his chest, it changes from the left side to the right side of his chest in almost every shot. (00:10:10)
Continuity mistake: During the final fight scene, Spartan grabs Phoenix and they land on top of the ice block and roll off in front of a few metal jugs. The camera angle changes to a close up and the jugs are not there anymore as you see Spartan punching Phoenix. (01:46:35)MCKD
Continuity mistake: The guard Phoenix throws through the glass case has on footwear which resembles socks. As he is smashing through the glass, he has on heavier leather boots. (00:44:30)
Other mistake: During the scene where Phoenix is questioning the leader of the future society in his office, he says at least one word (hell) that he should have been fined for, and isn't. We see that there is a ticket printer in the room in a later scene, when Savage sets it off during his own confrontation. (01:06:50)
Continuity mistake: When they are in the Cryogenics lab, the tear and blood spot on Spartan's shirt changes throughout the scene.MCKD
Continuity mistake: During the first fight scene between Phoenix and Spartan, Phoenix sticks his knife into several barrels of fuel and you see the fuel all over his knife but when he lays it on the table it's dry. (00:03:00)MCKD
Continuity mistake: In the opening scene as Spartan is getting ready to bungee down to the roof, he kicks a bag out of the chopper that pulls the cord out with it; the bag is never seen in any other shots of the cord as Spartan drops. (00:01:50)
Visible crew/equipment: This is during the firefight in the makeshift restaurant down in the sewer. When John Spartan grabs the table to use as a shield, you can see the cable going with the table that is used to set off the sparks for the bullet contacts. (01:28:45)
Continuity mistake: Several times during the movie, Simon Phoenix's shoulder pads (one side resembles an ATV tire) switch sides.
Revealing mistake: Watch closely as Phoenix is about to fight the cops near the computer kiosk: the same two people wearing white robes pass behind the officer with the hand-held computer twice. (00:25:30)
Continuity mistake: When Phoenix throws Spartan over the bonnet of the red car in the museum, Spartan lands in a puddle that soaks his hair. In the next few shots, the hair keeps changing from being soaked to being dry. (00:50:15)
Plot hole: When Spartan jumps through the window in the excavation scene of the museum, he crashes into a room with bottles of drink on the shelves. Surely this room too would have been filled in and the window smashed during the earthquake, and the museum wouldn't have bothered to excavate it as it can't be seen from above due to the blanked out window. So what is that room doing there? (00:49:20)
Factual error: During the fight in the museum, Spartan gets three shots out of a shotgun which only holds two shells. (00:48:35)
Continuity mistake: When Phoenix blows up the door sealing the Armory, it is just about the size of a normal door, but when he runs through it to escape into the main hall, the door is four times larger. (00:47:40 - 00:48:40)
Other mistake: It seems curious that the museum, even in the weapons display, would have functional firearms and LIVE munitions of any sort, even if no one would be interested in ever taking and using them.Blathrop
Revealing mistake: When Cocteau's corpse is thrown into the fireplace, you can see that it is a dummy due to the fact the the hair is longer and shaggy. (01:38:05)Phaneron
Continuity mistake: During the glass floor shootout at the museum Spartan shoots a light that falls through the glass. Right after Spartan shoots the light it goes dark but the close up of the light falling and hitting the floor shows the light to be still lit. (00:49:05)
Audio problem: After John Spartan crashes through the police station sign he says, "All I need is a needle and a thread." But when the camera is behind him and he says the line, "I really didn't say that, did I?" his mouth doesn't move when his face is in frame. (01:35:35)
Continuity mistake: When Phoenix first gets out he makes his way to a computer and the police come to arrest him. Phoenix takes one of the policeman and pushes his head through the side glass pane and walks away to fight the other officers, but when Phoenix goes back over to the computer the glass is not broken. (00:26:50 - 00:27:40)MCKD
Audio problem: In the European version, Taco Bell is replaced by Pizza Hut, however, when Huxley says to John Spartan that they're going to Pizza Hut, her lips say "Taco Bell". (00:57:00)
Factual error: Simon Phoenix uses the warden's removed eye to escape from the cryoprison. The eye is on a pen, and since the retina includes the back portion of the eye, the pen's nib would have not only destroyed the shape of the retina, but blocked the scanner from reading the complete retina as well. There's no way the retinal scanner would have let him pass. (00:18:45)
Revealing mistake: The cables Spartan slices in order to bring down the parasol, have quickreleases on them so that they snap in the right place. This is best visible with the second one. (01:01:50)Friso94
Continuity mistake: When Spartan is initially frozen in the cyro-liquid, air bubbles and ripples are in the ice around his mouth. Any following shot of him in the ice block shows no bubbles or ripples. (00:10:15)
Continuity mistake: When Phoenix is fighting the police at the kiosk, he knocks the sunglasses off of one officer, but in the next shot the glasses are back when the cop is knocked out. (00:27:00)
Continuity mistake: When Spartan and Huxley go to Raymond Cockto's place, Spartan shoots all of the monitors with a silver gun, yet when Spartan points the gun at Cockto's head, which we see on the surviving monitor, it's a black gun. (01:18:25)Mark Cuss
Character mistake: In the scene where John Spartan goes into the sewers, he has a conversation with a Spanish-speaking woman. At the end of their conversation the woman says "Gracias" (correct Spanish) to which Spartan replies "Prego", which is Italian. Up until that point Spartan spoke perfect Spanish. (01:23:30)fatpigsittinonacouch1
Continuity mistake: When Spartan is swearing at the verbal morality machine and pulls out several citations at once (the last ones he grabs), an actor and actress standing directly behind him start to walk away and go off screen to the right behind Spartan. The view snaps to Huxley and Garcia, then back to Spartan. When it snaps back to Spartan, the same two are standing directly behind Spartan again and start to walk away to the right again.x12o
Other mistake: When Simon Phoenix kicks through the windshield of the police car during his first fight with the SAPD, the windshield easily breaks into several large segments, as opposed to spider-webbing like real windshields made from safety glass do. Glass that would completely shatter and collapse into the car from a simple kick would be completely unsafe and illogical for a society that's supposed to be more technologically advanced than ours.Phaneron
Continuity mistake: When Huxley, Spartan and the other guy get in the police car to go to the museum they are all wearing sunglasses. In the very next shot all three are not wearing them.
Continuity mistake: In the opening credits when Spartan is frozen, both hands are up either side of his head. In the very next shot his left hand is by his head, but his right arm is out stretched and in a down position, impossible as he is frozen. Also his mind altering sensors are on the left side of his head and body before freezing, next shot they are on the right side of his body.
Other mistake: As Phoenix starts to say, "Spartan? John Spartan? They'll let anyone into this century," you can see the podium Phoenix is ducking behind shift to one side unnaturally, indicating an editing error.
Revealing mistake: During the slo-mo portion of the fight between Spartan and Phoenix, Snipes intentionally slowed down his movements to allow Stallone more time to smash the glass tube; this is not consistent with the other fights in the film where Snipes was always quicker with his actions.
Revealing mistake: During the fight at the end the blood spot on Spartan's top looks more like an ironed on T-shirt transfer than a tear and cut, you can also see the shine from on it from the surrounding lights.
Continuity mistake: When the Cryo-Prison worker opens the cabinet that holds the cylinders that contain the blue "freezing balls" to freeze Spartan's slush, the slot on the center left is empty. When the shot changes to the worker pulling the cylinder out, the slot to the lower left is now the empty one. (00:09:45)
Continuity mistake: During the Oldsmobile dealership scene two robed citizens are shown to be looking at small scale model cars on the rear wall (blue car) and side wall (red car) in the showroom. When Huxley and Spartan bust through the floor in the elevator the two citizens are missing. (01:30:50)
Factual error: In the scene where Wesley Snipes has supposedly poured gasoline all over the floor, he lights a torch and holds it inches from the floor threatening to light it if Sylvester Stallone comes any closer. Had it been actual gasoline, with that much of it the fumes would have exploded as soon as he lit the torch. It's the fumes that are explosive, not the liquid.
Other mistake: The Verbal Morality Code seems to be applied in an almost haphazard fashion. Several times throughout the movie, both Spartan and Phoenix swear, and do so near an area where they should be vocally reminded of breaking the code, in fact have been previously reminded, and in spite of them not moving from that location are not warned again in the face of repeated swearing.GalahadFairlight
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The Instigator
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The Contender
Pro (for)
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The united states should prioritize tax increases over spending cuts
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subpoint a
Spending cuts should be prioritized because tax increases would put to much pressure on the poor according to new York times these tax increases on the whole population would make the average American pay 3 and half thousand more in there taxes.
suppoint b
Spending cuts will provide a budget for the united states vs tax increases all it does is give more money to the united states government more money to spend that is unneccesarysly helpful.
This will be my first online debate, so please bare with me if I make any syntax errors.
My partner and I affirm the resolution resolved: The US should prioritize tax increases over spending cuts.
Proposal: We would like to propose to increase to 33.1% for the top 1% of Americans. According to Bruce Bartlett, "in 2008, those in the top 1 percent of the income distribution, with incomes over $380,000, had an effective tax rate of 23.3 percent. In 1986, a year when the real gross domestic product grew a healthy 3.5 percent, their effective tax rate was 33.1 percent.
Bartlett, who culled Internal Revenue Service data for his analysis, which appears in his New York Times column, goes on to say: "If this group were still paying 33.1 percent, federal revenue would have been more than $166 billion higher in 2008 alone. That would be enough to reduce the budget deficit by about 10 percent this year. If the top 1 percent of taxpayers had continued to pay the same effective tax rate they paid in 1986 every year from 1987 to 2008, the federal debt today would be $1.7 trillion lower."
Contention 1: Improves Social Needs and Public Welfare
Tax increases will enable the government to ensure that services to citizens are available, and necessary expenditures on infrastructure are met without the need for excessive bond issuances.
According to the New York Times, there is a direct correlation between the amount of money provided to Congress for the national budget and the quality of living in the US. In a study conducted by the Bureau of Economic Statistics, in the past 7 years, the average standard of living has been determined through looking at adjusted income per person and the poverty rate. In the years with a higher annual budget, the standard of living has risen higher than in years with a lower annual budget. The Board of Economic Advisors concluded from this study that the national budget reflects directly upon the standard of living in our country.
The government on us imposes taxes so that they can benefit us. Taxes are imposed so that roads get fixed. They are imposed so that we get an education. They are imposed so that people don"t invade our country. They are imposed to protect our rights. What right do we have to say that the government shouldn"t impose taxes on us? If we don"t pay for government programs, that money comes from excessive bond issuances.
According to the Department of Labor and Infrastructure, the lack of funding in their departments have caused the pushing back of almost a decade"s worth of renovation and projects to the point where many projects may never be finished.
By raising taxes, we will be able to ensure that our nation is up to date and has all the necessary expenditures to develop, and we can lower the poverty rate and invest more heavily in programs that will help improve the living conditions and living quality of Americans today.
Increasing tax rates also mean new jobs. The tax rates were increased in 1990 and 1993. Capital gain rates were cut slightly in 1996. And, 21 million new jobs were created in the 90s. That is about a 20% increase in the number of jobs available in the United States. The infamous Bush tax cuts passed in 2001, and even before the Bush recession began, job growth lagged behind GDP growth. After the Bush recession, we had a net job growth of 0%. And, thanks to population growth, no new jobs means record high unemployment, according to the Tax Policy Center.
Contention 2: Can reduce debt
We are currently in a 16 trillion dollar debt that is rising at the rate of 6 billion dollars every single day, according to the Department of Treasury. That"s almost 4 million dollars every minute.
To put our current situation into perspective, judge, our national debt at present is greater than the combined economies of China, the United Kingdom, and Australia combined. Should the burden of this debt be spread to all Americans, each American family in the US would owe about 50,113.78 dollars to various countries in the world.
The biggest problem right now is that we don"t have enough money to pay for some of our major programs and we are getting sucked into a death trap.
For example, 41% of our taxes are spent on Social Security and Medicaid/Medicare benefits according to whitehouse.gov. However, when we pay our taxes for social security, it does not go to a private bank account where it is set-aside just for us. It goes to paying for the current recipients of these benefits.
But the problem is that over our lifetime, Americans still deposit less than the average American will take out of this funding. Every single year, for every dollar put into Social Security, more and more is being taken out.
The Bureau of Economic Statistics released a report in 2009 stating that at the current tax rate, by the time our generation gets to retiring age, there may not be enough money to pay for our social security benefits, and this is just one program of many.
"The confluence of fiscal policy changes scheduled to occur at the end of 2012 " sometimes referred to as the "fiscal cliff" " poses serious challenges for policy makers. One area of disagreement is the increase in tax rates for high-income taxpayers resulting in part due to the sunset of elements of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. President Obama has called for the reinstatement of the higher top tax rates in his budget submission to the Congress, while key Republican members of Congress have called for their extension. The increase in the Medicare tax and its expansion to unearned income for high-income earners under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) further contributes to the increase in top tax rates.
The concern over the top individual tax rates has been a focus, in part, because of the prominent role played by flow-through businesses " S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and sole proprietorships " in the US economy and the large fraction of flow-through income that is subject to the top two individual income tax rates. These businesses employ 54% of the private sector work force and pay 44% of federal business income taxes.1 The number of workers employed by large flow-through businesses is also significant: more than 20 million workers are employed by flow-through businesses with more than 100 employees.
This report uses the EY General Equilibrium Model of the US Economy to examine the impact of the increase in the top tax rates in the long-run. While a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report examined the near-term effects of all of the federal government fiscal policies under scrutiny at the end of 2012 and found them to be of sufficient size to push the economy into recession at the beginning of 2013, this report focuses on the long-run effects of the increase in the top tax rates. This report examines four sets of provisions that will increase the top tax rates:
The increase in the top two tax rates from 33% to 36% and 35% to 39.6%.
The reinstatement of the limitation on itemized deductions for high-income taxpayers (the "Pease" provision).
The taxation of dividends as ordinary income and at a top income tax rate of 39.6% and increase in the top tax rate applied to capital gains to 20%.
The increase in the 2.9% Medicare tax to 3.8% for high-income taxpayers and the application of the new 3.8 percent tax on investment income including flow-through business income, interest, dividends and capital gains.
With the combination of these tax changes at the beginning of 2013 the top tax rate on ordinary income will rise from 35% in 2012 to 40.9%, the top tax rate on dividends will rise from 15% to 44.7% and the top tax rate on capital gains will rise from 15% to 24.7%.
These higher tax rates result in a significant increase in the average marginal tax rates (AMTR) on business, wage, and investment income, as well as the marginal effective tax rate (METR) on new business investment. This report finds that the AMTR increases significantly for wages (5.0%), flow-through business income (6.4%), interest (16.5%), dividends (157.1%) and capital gains (39.3%). The METR on new business investment increases by 15.8% for the corporate sector and 15.6% for flow-through businesses.
This report finds that these higher marginal tax rates result in a smaller economy, fewer jobs, less investment, and lower wages. Specifically, this report finds that the higher tax rates will have significant adverse economic effects in the long-run: lowering output, employment, investment, the capital stock, and real after-tax wages when the resulting revenue is used to finance additional government spending.
Long-run macroeconomic impact of increasing tax rates on high-income taxpayers in 2013
Through lower after-tax rewards to work, the higher tax rates on wages reduce work effort and labor force participation. The higher tax rates on capital gains and dividend increase the cost of equity capital, which discourages savings and reduces investment. Capital investment falls, which reduces labor productivity and means lower output and living standards in the long-run.
Output in the long-run would fall by 1.3%, or $200 billion, in today"s economy.
Employment in the long-run would fall by 0.5% or, roughly 710,000 fewer jobs, in today"s economy.++
Capital stock and investment in the long-run would fall by 1.4% and 2.4%, respectively.
Real after-tax wages would fall by 1.8%, reflecting a decline in workers" living standards relative to what would have occurred otherwise." http://waysandmeans.house.gov...
Now i would like you focus on the 3 to last point that has + after it. This tax increase on the rich buisnesses and the average american will result in 710,000 jobs. Now this is better then my opponents because this facts that my opponent has given is from a organization, yes this organization is out there to help people with no profit but mine is a government website. Also the reason why we are not letting our nation go over this fiscal cliff is to avoid these tax increases and its affects which i show through my one fact.
It seems as though you have no questions for me, but in response to your "general refutations,"
The point of an online debate is to practice writing speeches. Your refutations seem to be entirely plagiarized from the source you conveniently left me. Therefore all these arguments are null.
You also claim that my sources, since they are "organizations" and yours seem to be an exact copy of a government resource, my arguments are invalid. That isn't the case, because these "organizations," such as the Board of Economic Advisors, are federal organizations run by the government.
In response to your short case:
"subpoint a
Spending cuts should be prioritized because tax increases would put to much pressure on the poor according to new York times these tax increases on the whole population would make the average American pay 3 and half thousand more in there taxes.
suppoint b
Spending cuts will provide a budget for the united states vs tax increases all it does is give more money to the united states government more money to spend that is unneccesarysly helpful."
For Subpoint A: I'm not talking about the average american; in my case I specifically mentioned in a proposal that the US government would rase the tax rate to 33.3% for the top 1% of Americans. However if that's the scenario, the pressure won't be on the poor because more money is going into public sector growth, where jobs on infrastructure, education, and health can be opened. Why would there be more pressure on the poor?
For Subpoint B:
Can you name any specific programs that can be cut?
-How much money annually would cutting these programs save?
Wouldn't cutting spending mean less money going into public sector growth? That would mean less jobs available.
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benicar prescription cost The Quilting Process series has fallen way into the background for a long time so before we continue, let me catch you up on what we've covered so far. If you are just joining, the series is all about the major processes involved in making a Quilt from start to finish.
- An Overview
- Before you start
- Starting the process
- The fun bit
- Choosing quality fabrics
- Choosing colors for your quilt
- Color theory
- All about cutting
- Piecing your Quilt top
- Basting your Quilt
Now that you've got basting out of the way…Phew, you can now move on to something a little less daunting. The most daunting part of this process (for me) is choosing a quilting design and getting started. Once that is done the rest is just a breeze…well maybe not always! Especially if you are taking on quilting a big quilt on your domestic sewing machine.
There are decisions to be made at this point such as: Do you want to Quilt in the ditch, straight line or free motion quilt the project? Do you have the necessary tools (thread, sewing needles, fabric markers, quilting foots, seam ripper…)? What weight and color of thread to use?…. and so on. Once you answer all the necessary questions then you are well on your way to beginning the process.
I remember when I started quilting, I was so terrified of the quilting stage. Resulting in a backlog of quilt tops to be quilted because I was so worried of destroying my hard work with rubbish stitches. I read all I could, signed up for quilting classes on Craftsy (never really completed any just yet) got Angela Walters book on machine quilting and practiced as often as possible but I just wasn't confident enough. Believing that the lines had to be perfectly straight or my spirals well formed otherwise I was doing it all wrong and ended up ripping so many stitches in frustration.
After making lots of sampler blocks, I was determined to make a baby Quilt for my God daughter's birth. This was to be my first big project and I was so excited about taking on a disappearing 9 patch that I had the top ready like forever. However, I couldn't decide how or where to begin the quilting. In fact, didn't get round to quilting it until the day she was born and I had to quilt in the ditch just so I could deliver it by the time they got home from the hospital!
Well…that was before I decided to get my acts together after reading this expression "It'll Never Be Seen on a Galloping Horse" or "If it can't be seen on a galloping horse…". I found this expression very liberating because it is the truth. In the grand scheme of things, each and every one of your lines might not be straight or your spirals well formed but guess what…good enough is very acceptable. Besides when it all comes together, a few wonky lines won't be such a big deal. Unless you are entering your quilt into a show, then perfection is a prerequisite I presume?. There are certainly times when you will rip out stitches or be dissatisfied with your design choice but that's OK as long as you keep at it.
That became my motivation to just get on with it. Most of the things I made at the time were more or less for practice anyway since they were going to end up in my house so "no pressure". After a while, I learnt more about machine tension, thread weight and why I was having thread breakage every other inch. Since then, my strategy for the quilting process has been:
- Decide what style of quilting design to quilt( Straight line or Free motion to help me figure out what foot to attach to my machine)
- Look around for inspiration if I don't have any in mind
- Test your design on a sample quilt sandwich (I have a couple handy for practice and to test my tension before working on my quilt)
- Begin!
- Stop, access and restrategize (if need be) and continue
I discovered that once I attach a foot and begin, it just gets easier, sometimes I don't even have a design idea but I set up every thing and let my quilt top do the leading!
Of course after the long story, I have a couple of useful links to share with you 🙂
General Tips:
- https://www.connectingthreads.com/tutorials/How_to_Pick_the_Right_Quilting_Design_for_Your_Quilt__D93.html
- https://sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/quilt-basics-quilting-quilt-part-5-5
- http://www.getasquiltingstudio.com/2016/09/20-tools-for-easy-quilting.html
Tips on Quilting a Large Quilt on Domestic Sewing Machines
- http://www.quiltyhabit.com/2015/06/top-ten-tips-quilting-large-quilts-on.html
- http://www.generations-quilt-patterns.com/how-to-machine-quilt-a-king-size-quilt.html
- http://mamalovequilts.com/2012/04/big-quilt-little-machine-7-tips-on.html
- https://www.craftsy.com/quilting/classes/quilting-big-projects-on-a-small-machine/35548
Tips on Free Motion Quilting
- http://www.craftsy.com/guide/fmq-for-beginners/17151?_ct=rbew&_ctp=62895
- http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/01/free-motion-quilting-for-beginners/
- http://www.getasquiltingstudio.com/2012/01/free-motion-quilting-tips-ii.html
Tips on Straight Line Quilting
- https://sew4home.com/tips-resources/sewing-tips-tricks/straight-line-quilting-guest-tutorial-heather-jones
- https://www.google.com.ng/amp/s/themodernquiltguild.wordpress.com/2012/04/07/100-day-week-of-quilting-straight-line-quilting-tips-and-tricks/amp/
- http://tallgrassprairiestudio.blogspot.com.ng/2009/11/straight-line-quiltinghints-and-tips.html?m=1
If you need quilting inspiration, besides Instagram and Pinterest, my absolute favorite places to visit include https://leahday.com/pages/quilting-design-gallery and http://www.getasquiltingstudio.com/ (she has loads of free ebooks on quilting to offer). You could sign up for free designs too:
Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate your being here! I hope you will find a couple of useful tips to help your quilting. The series will be rounding up with a post on binding. I would love to read about your quilting tips and experience. Have a great week ahead.
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I have to disagree with all this talk about the terrible side effects of tren the aggression of tren that absolutely everyone gets. Idk if I'm just lucky or one of the few (I doubt it) but I really don't think tren is all that harsh. I have used tren for quite a long time on and off ofcourse. I've ran anywhere between 50 and 100 mg ed injects. I also disagree with three injections of tren a week to be enough. I just don't see how that could possibly keep blood levels stable and may be your problem as far as sides. Have you ever injected tren ed? Maybe u should try it. I have tried it many ways and i can tell you for me Atleast if I run 75 mg ed I get no night sweats no insomnia no negative sides at all really to speak of!! Only side I experience is occasional tren cough after inject and decrease in cardio slightly. That's it. I lose absolutely NO sleep at night I don't get sweats and no aggression. Im almost convinced I'm less aggressive while on tren if anything! I'm sure my wife could attest to this!! I feel amazing while on it and gotta 24/7 hardon!!! Ofcourse I always add a little test prop in there usually at 50mg day. So if anyone wanna give it a go I would suggest low test high tren ed injects. Might not work for everyone but I can say without a doubt for me it works and works amazingly well!! This is just my personal experience not tryin to tell anyone what to do and not trying undercut anyone else's knowledge or experience. Take it or leave it. :) One more thing, I can say when I was doing eod injects I did get a couple more sides but soon as I went to ed they disappeared and I never looked back. But like I said I have most likely no where near the experience or knowledge that the author of this article has so take my advice with a grain of salt, but it worked for me.. Peace out everyone.
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Horizons holds one fundraiser a year, led by our one and only Nancy Winter. The proceeds are used for projects locally. If you didn't get in on the action this year, there's always next fall! Here are the winners from this year's raffle:
Grand Prize 1: 2 Packer tickets won by Ryan Thoman
Sold by John Thoman
Grand Prize 2: 2 Packer tickets won by Zach Wachowiak
Sold by Paul Matzke
Badger tickets won by Shelby Mulcahy
Sold by Bob Anderson
Villa Dolce gift certificate won by Kim Trainor
Sold by Randy Hess
Clay Matthews picture: Craig Redwine
Sold by Nancy Winter
Sofra gift certificate won by Don Jackson
Sold by Paul Matzke
Coppertop gift certificate won by John Hefelbauer
Sold by John Thoman
"Shorthanded" book won by Andy Goepfert
Sold by Jim Sirianni
"Shorthanded" book won by Jason Salus
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"Wheel Fever" book won by Craig Brown
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Vidya Game News – October 22, 2015
"COMMUNISM IS A LIE. DEATH IS A PREFERABLE ALTERNATIVE TO COMMUNISM. DEMOCRACY IS NON-NEGOTIABLE." – Liberty Prime, Fallout 3. Fight the red scourge by enjoying this capitalistic vidya game news!
– Good news for Todd Brisket! The Sega Genesis version of Duke Nukem 3D is now available.
– On Digg, an amazingly "so bad it's awesome" commercial for the Atari 5200. It features some legitimately hot, way too enthusiastic babes in bikinis! Check it out here.
– Pretty much every major tech site had some sort of piece on the 30-year anniversary of the NES, but Mashable had a neat retrospective on the 18 launch games for the system. Among them: Donkey Kong Jr. Math, Wrecking Crew and Clu Clu Land.
– Nintendo has opened up its development process slightly, and it's also quietly sending out development kits for its next system, according to several different websites.
– From many different sites, but created by Sports Illustrated's Cauldron, it's the Colts bizarre fake punt recreated in Tecmo Super Bowl – view it on YouTube.
– There could be a new Valkyria Chronicles game in the works, as Sega has registered the name Valkyria of the Battlefield with the Japanese patent office.
– My Parents' Basement is a new restaurant open in Avondale Estates, Georgia. For a review, click here, and the restaurant's website is here.
– Grand Theft Auto 3 was released 14 years ago on the PS2, which was followed by PC versions in 2002 and Xbox in 2003. It was the first REALLY good game of the series, and as of 2011, it had sold more than 17 million copies, in addition to being the best-selling game of 2001.
– Fallout: New Vegas came out on Oct. 19 in 2010, but it's close enough to include right here, especially since there weren't many other significant games released on Oct. 22. Also, Fallout 4 comes out on Nov. 10. (Speaking of, the "PipBoy edition" went back on sale yesterday, and supplies lasted for five minutes, per Polygon.)
Video game history information comes from GameFAQs and Moby Games. And as always, if you'd like to support the show, do so via our Amazon link.
Episode 013 – Comix Zone (1995)
This week in Your Parents Basement, we're getting transported into an alternate dimension to fight comic book monsters! We're playing Comix Zone on the Sega Genesis, a game with awesome artwork but frustrating play issues.
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- 37:50 – The ole YPB email box!
- 1:01:45 – The snifferoo for next week's episode.
– We mention the Japanese box art on the show, which is shared by Brisket. You can find it here. It's not NSFW, but it's not exactly normal either.
– Also at several points, we mention the music video for "Take On Me" by A-ha, which you can read about on Wikipedia here. If you've somehow never seen it, it is on YouTube.
– Want to see a ridiculous speedrun of Comix Zone in 12:36? As usual, YouTube delivers.
– Interested in Game Center CX? You should be, it's oddly hypnotizing to watch! Arino's challenge of Comix Zone is here.
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"Be Still And Know That I Am God"
— Psalm 46:10
The following information was written by my dear friend, Donna D'Ingillo, who is a very powerful spiritual healer. Donna and I have a common passion for Family Healing. This information is contained in her terrific book, "Teach Us To Love," which may be purchased on her website, "Center For Christ Consciousness" at: www.ctrforchristcon.org If you are looking for a great primer on spiritual growth, this is the book to get !!!!!!
"The essence of spiritual growth is contained in the above passage from the Psalms. Being still allows your inner spirit the opportunity to send its messages to your mind. This, in turn, will make you conscious of your spirit's leadings, converting subtle inspiration into a way of life. Living, then, becomes a personal religion motivating you not to only do good, but also to seek continued enlightenment, to strive to know God and become the "Holy Child Of God That You Are."
There is no magic formula for reaching the state of stillness. There are general guidelines to make it more successful. The most important objective in practicing stillness is consistency. You will benefit most if you practice daily. Then it becomes a spiritual habit, a very important part of your daily routine. It is helpful when you are getting started to do this routine the same time every day.
Choose a time, 20-30 minutes each day, when you can escape from the pressures of family and work life. This practice will become so important to you, it will be like breathing.
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The National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (NAPEE) is a private-public initiative to create a sustainable, aggressive national commitment to energy efficiency through the collaborative efforts of energy market leaders such as gas and electric utilities, utility regulators, and other partner organizations. The goal of the NAPEE is to achieve all cost-effective energy efficiency by the year 2025. The NAPEE is an ongoing effort led by a Leadership Group of more than 60 gas and electric utilities, state agencies, energy consumers, energy service providers, and environmental/energy efficiency organizations. DOE and EPA facilitate the work of the Leadership Group on the Action Plan. In 2005-2006, leading up to the issuance of the five main recommendations in August 2006, the Leadership Group identified key barriers limiting greater investment in energy efficiency and reviewed sound business practices for removing these barriers in an "Action Plan Report". The Action Plan Report details their findings and options for overcoming these barriers. This Report also includes the five key Action Plan Recommendations, which many of the Leadership Group organizations and others have endorsed. Since the publication of the Action Plan Report, the Leadership Group has asked DOE and EPA to prepare and issue, under its oversight and review, an assortment of guides, manuals, reports, and other documents, together with regional meetings, to help themselves and others implement the five main Action Plan recommendations. Taken together, all of these materials reflect in a sense the best practices developed and learned over the last several decades of experiences with policies and programs to deliver energy efficiency to electric and gas ratepayers. Upon completion of the National Action Plan, leaders will pursue these practices through their business channels, as appropriate, and will assist in the dissemination of these practices to key audiences.
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On Tuesday March 8th, I again volunteered as a 1-on-1 literacy tutor for a local first grader through MACC Lit. The tutoring consists of vocabulary words, reading, writing and comprehension. The Harry the Dog books have quickly become my student and my favorite books. I also learned that it is hard to beat a first grader in tic-tac-toe when he gets to place two X's for every one of my O's.
On Tuesday February 14th, I started volunteering as a 1-on-1 literacy tutor for a local first grader through MACC Lit. The tutoring consists of vocabulary words, reading, writing and comprehension. My plan is to volunteer with the program and student through the rest of the school year.
I organized a fundraiser for the United Way of Southeast Michigan for the firm's Birmingham and Detroit offices. The response was amazing! This year Clark Hill raised $25,694 in support of our Greater Detroit community and effecting positive change in the community.
The Detroit office hosted a Paint and Pour event on November 10 to benefit the Salvation Army. We learned that we DO have artistic abilities and enjoyed the night away from work with our colleagues. $250 from ticket sales was donated by Paint and Pour at a much needed time of the year for the Salvation Army!
The Detroit office came together to Paint and Pour to benefit the Salvation Army. I enjoyed spending time with coworkers and friends. We shared a lot of laughs while we painted our masterpieces!
My sister, Francine, and I participated in the Paint and Pour event on Thursday, November 10. The teacher "Anna banana" was not only talented, but a hoot to boot. I think all those who participated had a great time. . .I know my sister and I did.
Poured sample of wine, along with Stephanie Salvadero, at Detroit Uncorked on October 14, 2016. Theresa Berge also assisted at the registration desk. The wine tasting event benefitted Gleaners Community Food Bank. Approximately 650 people attended the event which raised over $115,000!
Stephanie, her coworkers Donna and Theresa, and her friend Jacqueline enjoyed volunteering for Gleaner's Community Food Bank the evening of Friday, October 14 at the annual charity Detroit Uncorked premier wine tasting event, benefiting Gleaner's. Stephanie, Donna, and Jacqueline were one of many Wine Pourers while Theresa helped out at the registration desk. To learn more, visit www.detroituncorked.com and www.gcfb.org
On Sunday, September 18th, I ran in a 5K to raise awareness for Neurofibromatosis (NF). Our friend's son has NF-1; we run to support him and to raise awareness and funds to find a cure.